New HorizonCollege English Test
Band Three
2003.12
Paper One
Part I Listening Comprehension (20% )
Section A
Directions:In this section, you’ll hear five short conversations. After each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and question will be
read only once. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question.
1. A. She feels bad.
B. She hasn’t been to dinner.
C. Her boy friend has been at her house all day.
D. Jane is having dinner.
2. A. Write a book. B. Wash the floor.
C. Pick things up.
D. Lie down right now.
3. A. At his summer school. B. At his brother’s address.
C. In Shanghai.
D. At his old address.
4. A. The women l ost Mary’s phone number.
B. The man needs to install a phone.
C. The man hasn’t yet received Mary’s phone number.
D. Mary used to live in Sydney.
5. A. He didn’t want to. B. He was sick.
C. He was playing football.
D. His mother wouldn’t let him. Section B
Directions:In this section, you’ll hear a short passage which will be read only once. At the end of the passage you’ll hear five questions about what was said. Listen carefully and
choose the best answer to each question.
6. A. Young boys and girls. B. Mothers and their children.
C.Old people and children.
D. People who can’t stop quickly.
7. A. Because they walk too slowly.
B. Because they are usually careless.
C. Because they like to look right and left.
D.Because they can’t see or hear clearly.
8. A. Because it moves many meters a second.
B. Because it can’t stop very quickly.
C. Because people don’t understand how a car travel s.
D. Because some drivers are too careless.
9. A. To look both ways while crossing the road.
B. To walk slowly while crossing the road.
C. To know how fast a car can run.
D. To wait until all the cars have stopped.
10. A. Because cars travel faster than they do.
B. Because drivers ca n’t judge how fast they run.
C. Because they are likely to fall to the ground.
D. Because they can’t stop before a car hits them.
Section C（请将答案填写在答题纸上）
Directions:In this section, you’ll hear a passage three times. Listen carefully during the first reading. Then listen again. When the first part of the passage is being read, you
should fill in the missing words during the pause at each blank. After listening to
the second part, you are required to write down the main points according to what
was said. Check your answers when the passage is read the third time.
Since 1946, one of the most (1) _______ invention has been the computer. It will change all our lives.
The first computer was as large as a room, and quite difficult and slow to (2)__________. But,since the invention of the silicon “chip”, which is (3)_________ a very, very small (4)_________circuit, computers have become smaller, (5)________ to use and faster. Some computers are as small as (6) ______sets. (7)________ computers can be made smaller than a book. And computers are (8) _______ smaller all the time.
There are several reasons why the computer is useful to us.(9)
_______________. (10)_______________________________________________________.
(11)______________________________________________________. (12)_______________ ___________________________. The lives of all of us will be changed by this invention.
Part II. Reading Comprehension(30%)
Directions:Read the following passages carefully and do the multiple-choice questions.
Text 1
In the summer of 1978 an English farmer named Ian Stevens was driving his tractor through a field of wheat when he discovered something strange. Some of his wheat was lying flat on the ground. The flattened （被压平的）wheat formed a circle about six meters across. Around this circle were four smaller circles of flattened wheat. In the following years more and more similar circles were found in a field of wheat or corn. So
